Land and Emigration Commission, etc., 1833-1894

 
Component identifier:
Series CO 386
Extent:
110 items
Content Summary:

Original correspondence, entry books and registers of the Agent General for Emigration, the South Australian Commissioners and the Land and Emigration Commission. The correspondence comments on such matters as colonisation and emigration, work opportunities and wages in Australia, employment of surgeons and land purchase, expenses of the emigration office. Amongst the miscellaneous contents are registers of births and deaths of emigrants at sea 1854-1869, lists of ships chartered 1847-1875, registers of surgeons appointed 1854-1894, and volumes of The Colonial Gazette 1838-1842.

Selected pieces from the Series were filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project in their entirety.

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Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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